Can the IPL season six sustain public interest over the next four to six weeks? CNN-IBN's sports editor Gaurav Kalra joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue.
Q. The advertising of IPL has been criticised by everyone.Too much glamour quotient,How is it helping cricket. Mandeep singh/Bisla who did well last yr are back without any progress. Asked by: googly
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05:58 PM, Apr 05, 2013
From Katrina Kaif's latkas-jhatkas to Shah Rukh Khan's powerful performance, Bollywood was upright to keep the night entertaining and exciting. ...
10:43 PM, Apr 02, 2013
Promising to give a spectacular opening ceremony of the Indian Premier League in Kolkata Tuesday, Bollywood megastar Shahrukh Khan said it would be an unprecedented experience for the country. ...
10:05 AM, Apr 02, 2013
London: Volleys of fireworks lit up the night sky, Beverley Knight belted out "I am what I am," and Britain's first Paralympic gold medallist lit the cauldron to open the 2012 London Paralympic Games. It was a night of empowerment for the disabled worldwide. "Enlightenment" was the theme, physicist Stephen Hawking the guide and Olympic Stadium the venue on Wednesday as the British capital welcomed 4,200 athletes from more than...
09:15 AM, Aug 30, 2012
Bangalore: The mysterious woman, who gatecrashed into the Indian Olympic contingent's march past at the opening ceremony of the London Olympics, on Thursday regretted the incident, saying "it was an error of judgement" on her part. "It was an error of judgment. This act of mine disappointed many. I regret my action," she said here. The lady in question, Madhura Nagendra also clarified that she had not done any security...
07:47 AM, Aug 03, 2012
London: Queen Elizabeth's virtuoso performance as the 'Bond girl' star of the Olympic opening ceremony crowns a majestic 15-year special operation that has recast the monarch as the people's champion of a cool Britannia. Escorted by James Bond, played by actor Daniel Craig, in a helicopter gliding over a cheering London, the 86-year-old queen was shown apparently leaping out with a Union Jack parachute for an Olympic arrival to trump...
12:13 PM, Jul 30, 2012
Bangalore: Father of Madhura Nagendra, the mysterious woman, who gatecrashed into the Indian Olympic contingent's march past at the Opening Ceremony, on Sunday claimed that his daughter was officially selected for a dance performance by show creator Danny Boyle. Dressed in red shirt and blue trouser, Madhura was seen leading the Indian contingent in the march past alongside Beijing Games bronze medallist Sushil Kumar during the Opening ceremony and her...
09:37 PM, Jul 29, 2012
London: London Olympic Games organisers on Sunday said that they were "looking into" the issue of an unidentified woman's presence in the Indian contingent during the march past at the Opening Ceremony, a development which has not only left the Indians angry but has generated a big controversy back home. The Indian contingent has submitted a letter to the organisers expressing their resentment over the incident even as media reports...
08:45 PM, Jul 29, 2012
CNN-IBN's sports experts reckon London lived up to its promise of delivering a memorable Olympics opening. ...
03:36 PM, Jul 28, 2012
London: The London Olympics blasted off with a highly creative ceremony ever witnessed in the history of the hallowed Games on Friday night. Danny Boyle, one of Britain's most successful filmmakers, who directed "Slumdog Millionaire" and "Trainspotting," had a ball with his favored medium, mixing filmed passages with live action to hypnotic effect, with 15,000 volunteers taking part in the show. Queen Elizabeth II playing along with movie magic from...
09:34 AM, Jul 28, 2012
London: London 2012 organisers say Friday's opening ceremony is a 60,000-strong sell-out. British director Danny Boyle's four-hour extravaganza had only 50 tickets remaining, a matter of hours before the ceremony was to begin, said Jackie Brock-Doyle, the organisers' communications director. "We had this morning, at about 9 a.m., about 200 tickets left. I think as I was coming in here that had been reduced to about 50, so I think...
11:35 PM, Jul 27, 2012
New Delhi: The stage is now set and all eyes are on the London Olympics 2012 which is just hours away. In the quadrennial gala event, athletes of many sports of countries world over congregate to show their skills. Also, this time India is expected to break its Olympics medal tally record. People often miss the golden moment of watching athletes making history, because they are unable to sit at...
01:45 PM, Jul 27, 2012
London: London, blow our minds. The world city that needs no introduction but could do with an Olympic-sized pick-me-up in the midst of economic recession launches the 2012 Summer Games with a spectacular opening ceremony on Friday that faces a unique challenge: to be as memorable as Beijing's planet-wowing, money-no-object extravaganza of 2008. The British capital will set itself apart, as it has so often down the centuries, by being...
10:37 AM, Jul 27, 2012
London: The United States may break with a controversial tradition and dip its flag to Britain's leaders at the opening ceremony of the London Olympics, US Olympic Committee (USOC) CEO Scott Blackmun said on Thursday. "We've talked a little bit about that and you never know what is going to happen," said Blackmun. "We have traditions, Britain has traditions, everybody has traditions and we're still talking internally but it is...
10:02 AM, Jul 27, 2012
